TY - BOOK AU - Summers,Robert S TI - Form and function in a legal system : a general study SN - 9780521857659 AV - K237 .S86 2006 U1 - 340.1 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Law KW - Philosophy KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction -- Basic concepts and definitions -- A general approach -- Forms of institutions-legislative -- Forms of precepts-rules -- Form and content within a rule- continued -- Forms of nonpreceptual law-contracts and related property interests -- Forms of legal methodologies-statutory interpretation -- Forms of sanctions and remedies -- The overall form of a legal system as a whole -- Cumulative and synergistic effects of legal forms-a schematic practical application ER -